John R. Houk, Blog Editor
© March 18, 2022
Just to be up front, my Christian faith highly gravitates to
the way too often vilified Word of Faith beliefs (most criticism arises by
focusing on out of context tangents). Saying that, I am not a Roman
Catholic but was an admirer of the late Pope John Paul II. The current Pope
Francis in my estimation is a disgrace to Christendom worthy of being
christened the Communist Pope.
As such I have become a bit of a fan of the Communist Pope’s
Catholic critic in Archbishop
Carlo Maria Viganò. I really don’t know much about the
Archbishop except for running into his stands against COVID Tyranny, against a
Global Deep State and some brave criticism against his papal father.
Archbishop Carlo Maria
Viganò (2011)
Thanks to a Lew
Rockwell subscription, I became aware of a Substack post from Dr. Paul
Alexander on Archbishop Viganò listing his stands including the
Ukraine-Russia War.
As I was putting together, I discovered Dr. Alexander borrowed
the Viganò eleven points from a Life Site News post which I included.
The Life Site News author points out that the USA has had its share of controversial
militaristic interventionism indicating a touch of hypocrisy at Putin
finger-pointers. Even so, it doesn’t change my opinion that both Zelenskyy and
Putin are untrustworthy leaders in comparison to America’s Founding ideology
based on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness. Neither the Zelenskyy
WEF ideology nor the thuggish Putin despotic agenda are worthy of American
praise.
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Yes, I too stand with Abp. Viganò and his analysis of the Russia-Ukraine
conflict; which Democrat & Republican child or grandchild or friend
or family's name is on a prior Ukraine or similar contract
March 17, 2022
Alexander
COVID News evidence-based medicine convoy mandate
There are nuggets in there and I like Vig, I stood with his
positions on COVID and now he is even more informed...think, turn off FOX and
CNN and think...and don’t believe him, but think at least.
Here, in perhaps a grossly overly simplified way, is what he
said:
1. The entire conflict is a
trap designed by the global Deep State to purposefully provoke a war.
2. The West knows expanding
NATO upsets Russia but is doing it anyway, despite previously saying it
wouldn’t.
3. NATO and various other
countries are illegally pouring ammunitions into Ukraine, thereby violating
international law. This is making Ukraine a tinderbox ready to explode.
4. There are many economic
factors at play in Ukraine — gas pipelines, biolabs, technologies, etc. — that
make it attractive to outside parties.
5. President Zelensky is
a corrupt individual acting as a puppet of Klaus Schwab and the Great Reset.
He is selling out Ukraine to the West and not preventing neo-Nazi forces
trained by the US from wreaking havoc on Russian-speaking Ukrainians. [Bold
text Blog Editor’s]
6. Joe Biden has been tied
to Ukraine since his time as Barack Obama’s Vice President. His son Hunter is
connected to the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
7. There was a Color
Revolution in Ukraine backed by George Soros and other Western groups. This has
caused great social unrest since taking place in 2013/2014.
8. Rhetoric has been
ratcheted up in the last several months by Zelensky (and the West) about
nuclear and atomic weapons, thereby heightening Putin’s mistrust and prompting
him to dissolve the Minsk agreement.
9. The media cannot be
relied on to report about what’s going on in Ukraine. Their COVID track record
is proof they can’t do anything but lie. They are purposefully trying to entice
Westerners to support an escalation.
10. The US, EU, and NATO
promise the Ukrainian people prosperity if they side with them but in
reality, they seek to enslave Ukrainian citizens to the same freedom-robbing
and culturally depressing policies that have destroyed the now godless West.
[Blog Editor: That is my suspicion since Zelenskyy is a WEF ONE-WORLDER]
11. The West needs to
return to Christ and seek peaceful relations with Russia so all people can live
in harmony. Rome has fallen silent about the true crimes being committed
across the world. Perhaps God is going to use Russia as His bulwark against the
secular West. [Bold Text Blog Editor’s]
© 2022 Paul
+++++++++++++++++++
[Blog Editor: Dr. Alexander’s link embedded in “Vig” is
where he attained the eleven points associated to Archbishop Viganò. It is a
post worthy in itself to be read and so I include it.]
Why I stand with Abp. Viganò and his analysis of the
Russia-Ukraine conflict
Archbishop Carlo Maria
Viganò - KCRD
Radio 98.3 / YouTube
By Stephen Kokx
Mar 17, 2022 - 12:32 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews)
– An increasing number of Catholics are attacking Archbishop Carlo Mario
Viganò for his
analysis of the situation in Ukraine. Catholics I respect, and
know, have accused His Excellency of being a “conspiracy theorist” pushing “Kremlin propaganda” and “carrying water for the KGB.”
The blowback Viganò is receiving deserves our
attention, as does the way establishment traditionalists are talking about the
Ukrainian conflict itself. We live in a significant moment in Church history.
It would be a mistake almost beyond compare to cancel the archbishop at the
exact time we need him most.
Firstly, let me say I believe Archbishop Viganò is the
answer to decades of prayers and penance by Catholics who have begged God to
send them a prelate who can see through the lies of the world and guide them
through the fog that has enveloped the Church. In this regard, I view him as a
sort of Old Testament prophet.
This isn’t to say he’s impeccable, for no human being is,
but I can’t recall a single public statement His Excellency has made that
doesn’t read like one of the great social encyclicals of the 19th century. Even
his critics would be hard pressed to deny the gifts of the Holy Spirit are
plainly visible in his writings. It seems to me God is giving him graces otherwise
reserved for a pope.
What did Viganò actually say?
Far from being Russian “propaganda,” Viganò’s well
researched summary of the Ukraine-Russia conflict is a balanced explanation of
what’s going on in the region — and why it’s taking place. It’s less of an
op-ed arguing for one side over the other and more of a 10,000-foot view of
current geo-political realities. Few, if any, bishop statements I’ve read so
far possess half the understanding of the situation as Viganò does.
It takes a decent amount of time to read through His
Excellency’s analysis given its breadth and scope. I’ve done so twice now.
Here, in perhaps a grossly overly simplified way, is what he said:
1. The
entire conflict is a trap designed by the global Deep State to purposefully
provoke a war.
2. The
West knows expanding NATO upsets Russia but is doing it anyway, despite
previously saying it wouldn’t.
3. NATO
and various other countries are illegally pouring ammunitions into Ukraine,
thereby violating international law. This is making Ukraine a tinderbox ready
to explode.
4. There
are many economic factors at play in Ukraine — gas pipelines, biolabs,
technologies, etc. — that make it attractive to outside parties.
5. President
Zelensky is a corrupt individual acting as a puppet of Klaus Schwab and the
Great Reset. He is selling out Ukraine to the West and not preventing neo-Nazi
forces trained by the US from wreaking havoc on Russian-speaking
Ukrainians.
6. Joe
Biden has been tied to Ukraine since his time as Barack Obama’s Vice President.
His son Hunter is connected to the Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
7. There
was a Color Revolution in Ukraine backed by George Soros and other Western
groups. This has caused great social unrest since taking place in
2013/2014.
8. Rhetoric
has been ratcheted up in the last several months by Zelensky (and the West)
about nuclear and atomic weapons, thereby heightening Putin’s mistrust and
prompting him to dissolve the Minsk agreement.
9. The
media cannot be relied on to report about what’s going on in Ukraine. Their
COVID track record is proof they can’t do anything but lie. They are
purposefully trying to entice Westerners to support an escalation.
10.
The US, EU, and NATO promise the Ukrainian
people prosperity if they side with them but in reality, they seek to enslave
Ukrainian citizens to the same freedom-robbing and culturally depressing
policies that have destroyed the now godless West.
11. The West
needs to return to Christ and seek peaceful relations with Russia so all people
can live in harmony. Rome has fallen silent about the true crimes being
committed across the world. Perhaps God is going to use Russia as His bulwark
against the secular West.
I do not see anything His Excellency has written that can be
characterized as pro-Russian talking points or Kremlin “propaganda.” He’s
charted a decidedly non-ideological course by taking into consideration a
variety of factors.
In my estimation, his essay betrays a solid understanding
not only of the behaviors (and corruption) of Ukrainian leaders — past and
present — but also of the foreign and domestic policies pursued by Ukrainian
lawmakers in recent years. He also has a sober grasp of the history and
relationship between Europe, Ukraine, and Russia and how the current conflict
fits into the larger goals of the Great Reset and the future plans of
international elites.
If I’d been consulted by His Excellency on what to say in
his statement before it went to print, I would’ve asked him to include some
additional citations for a few of his claims, as well as to say something
pastoral about Ukrainian Catholics and how he sympathizes with them and other
innocent victims in this conflict. I would’ve also asked him to share more
thoughts on the actions taken by Vladimir Putin. Perhaps he will do this in the
future.
Pushback from unexpected places
His Excellency’s statement has not been well-received by
establishment traditional Catholic media outlets and public figures. I needn’t
repeat what they’ve said in this space. Most of their comments can be
found online. Broadly speaking, they amount to nothing more than vague
accusations and uncharitable remarks that fail to put forth a cogent
counterargument. The only substantive response I’ve seen so far is this
interview with Fr. Jason Charron on Matt Fradd’s Pints
with Aquinas podcast, and even he gets a few of the archbishop’s
remarks wrong. Ultimately, the personal attacks and snide comments made about
Archbishop Viganò reflect more poorly on those who make them than on the
archbishop himself, whatever his personal failings.
One possible reason Catholics aren’t seeing this conflict
for what it is, is the influence of Deep State-owned corporate news networks.
For decades, Western outlets have been repeating Cold War-era talking points and
using terms like “oligarchs” and “propaganda” only when speaking about Russia.
This has had the lamentable effect of blinding many Americans to the reality
that the same terms could be used for powerful businessmen like Bill Gates and
outlets like CNN, the BBC, and many others. Americans are, by and large, also
unable to see just how many revolutions, social discord, and unjust wars the US
has had its hand in over the last several decades all under the guise of
spreading “freedom.” Too many Catholics think that only Russia is evil and
the US is good, when in reality things are far more complicated than that.
President Trump, for his part, was able to see through the
media’s lies. In a 2017 interview with Bill O’Reilly, Trump was asked
how he could work with Putin, a man O’Reilly called “a killer.” Trump promptly
responded, “There’s a lot of killers. What, you think our country’s so
innocent?…take a look at what we’ve done….[there’s] a lot of killers around,
believe me.” Is it not the case that Archbishop Viganò is in a certain
sense saying the same thing but in regards to the Ukraine-Russia conflict? And,
like President Trump, is he also not being vilified by his critics as a Putin
supporter for doing so?
Seeing things as they are is a gift of the Holy Spirit
Another point worth mentioning is the way in which Viganò’s analysis
tracks closely with the views taken by many mainstream conservative
reporters. The Columbia Bugle, Pedro
Gonzalez of Chronicles, Raheem Kassam of The National Pulse, and Jack Posobiec from Human
Events have been providing invaluable coverage of the Ukraine-Russia
conflict. They all deserve an award for revealing Western media corruption. They’ve also been instrumental in
explaining how neo-conservatives, Deep State actors, and Great Reset leaders
are pushing for war in Ukraine.
And yet, when Archbishop Viganò puts forth statements
similar to theirs, Catholics call him a “conspiracy theorist.” I do wonder how
some traditionalists reconcile their low appraisal of Archbishop
Viganò with their adulation for, say, Leo XIII, a pope who wrote an entire
encyclical in 1884 on how global Freemasonry is trying to ensnare the world to its diabolical ways.
Would they have laughed him off and called him a “conspiracy theorist” if they
had been alive back then? If not, what makes them say such things about the
archbishop today? The Holy Spirit gives us the graces needed to see through
the empire of lies built by the devil. If COVID has taught us anything, it’s
that evil men are plotting the destruction of not only the Church but the world
as a whole and that the term “conspiracy theory” really isn’t an effective
smear anymore. Most of the time, it’s a conspiracy fact.
Catholics are of course more than free to disagree with
Archbishop Viganò’s analysis, but if they do decide he’s wrong and go public
with their views they should at least provide a substantive critique of his
statement and not be so quick to casually throw him under the bus. They should
also humbly pray to God about whether His Excellency has been sent specifically
for this moment in order to get us to see through the many falsehoods around
the world. I for one support Archbishop Viganò’s statement and await the day
the worldwide Church does as well.
Stephen Kokx, M.A., is
LifeSite’s Content Marketing Manager. He previously worked for the
Archdiocese of Chicago under the late Cardinal George. A former
community college instructor, Stephen has written and spoken extensively about
Catholic social teaching and politics. His essays have appeared in a variety of
outlets, including Catholic Family News, CatholicVote.org, The
Western Journal, CNSNews, and Alpha News.
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